MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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